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The Herd Is Making Headlines

From national features and television coverage to municipal recognition and environmental reporting, Goats in the City is changing how people think about land care. Explore the stories, interviews, videos, and official features documenting the growth of Ontario's Eco-Herd.

Goats in the City has attracted attention for bringing prescribed grazing into parks, wetlands, highway corridors, private properties, and other challenging landscapes.

Our work has been featured by major news organizations, municipalities, environmental publications, and community media. These stories follow the Eco-Herd at work, explore the people and purpose behind the company, and document the growing interest in nature-based land management.

This is where you'll find:

  • • Television coverage and video features
  • • Newspaper, magazine, and online profiles
  • • Municipal recognition and program updates
  • • Interviews with Ian Matthews
  • • Eco-Herd footage and project highlights

Featured Coverage

The stories leading the conversation

City of Mississauga — Mississauga Recognized for Innovative Goat Grazing Program

City of Mississauga

Award and Municipal Recognition

Mississauga Recognized for Innovative Goat Grazing Program

The City of Mississauga received provincial recognition for its prescribed goat grazing program and its innovative approach to invasive-plant management.

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City of Toronto — Prescribed Goat Grazing at Don Valley Brick Works Park

City of Toronto

Official Project Page

Prescribed Goat Grazing at Don Valley Brick Works Park

The City of Toronto's official page explains the grazing program, its environmental goals, public education opportunities, and the work of the Goats in the City Eco-Herd.

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CityNews Toronto — Baaa-ck at It: Eco-Friendly Goats Return to Toronto to Battle Invasive Plants

CityNews Toronto

Television and Video

Baaa-ck at It: Eco-Friendly Goats Return to Toronto to Battle Invasive Plants

CityNews Toronto interviews Ian Matthews on site as the Eco-Herd returns to Don Valley Brick Works Park for another season of prescribed grazing.

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CBC Hamilton and CHCH News — Goats Destroy Invasive Buckthorn One Bite at a Time

CBC Hamilton and CHCH News

Hamilton Coverage

Goats Destroy Invasive Buckthorn One Bite at a Time

Hamilton-area coverage follows the Eco-Herd browsing woody invasive vegetation in a sensitive conservation landscape.

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Chickadee Magazine — Goats at Work — May/June 2026

Chickadee Magazine

Magazines

Goats at Work — May/June 2026

Chickadee Magazine introduces young readers to the Eco-Herd and the work goats do to manage invasive plants.

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Complete Media Archive

Every story, in one place

2026

CityNews KitchenerJuly 30, 2026Television and Video

Goats Hired to Tackle Invasive Species at Doon Heritage Village

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Small Farm CanadaJune 16, 2026Articles and Profiles

Country Goats and Beehives Bring Big Biodiversity to an Urban Cemetery

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City of MississaugaMay 13, 2026Municipal Recognition

Mississauga Recognized for Innovative Goat Grazing Program

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City of TorontoOngoing pageOfficial Project Pages

Prescribed Goat Grazing at Don Valley Brick Works Park

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City of MississaugaFebruary 23, 2026Municipal Recognition

Mississauga Leads the Way in Invasive Species Management

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2025

YorkRegion.comNovember 18, 2025Articles and Profiles

This King City Entrepreneur Wants to Bring Goats Back Into Our Lives, and His Sights Are Set on York Region

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Hamilton Conservation AuthorityNovember 15, 2025Television and Video

Goats Managing Buckthorn in Hamilton

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CBC HamiltonNovember 10, 2025Articles and Profiles

Goats Delight at Hamilton Property as They Destroy Invasive Buckthorn One Bite at a Time

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Hamilton Conservation Authority, LinkedInNovember 5, 2025Articles and Profiles

Prescribed Grazing in a Sensitive Groundwater Recharge Area

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CHCH NewsNovember 4, 2025Television and Video

Hamilton Residents Turn to Goats to Tackle Invasive Plant Species

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CityNews KitchenerAugust 14, 2025Television and Video

Grazing Goats Hired by MTO Cause Spectacle in Kitchener

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City of MississaugaJuly 11, 2025Official Project Pages

Mississauga's Grazing Goats Are Chewing Their Way Through Invasive Plant Species

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Toronto LifeJuly 2, 2025Articles and Profiles

I Traded My Lucrative Career as a Mortgage Broker to Shepherd Goats

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Explore TorontoJune 12, 2025Television and Video

Guess Who's Baa-aaa-aack! Goats in the City

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South Bayview BulldogJune 12, 2025Articles and Profiles

Baaa-ck at It: Goats Help Green the Don Valley Again

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CityNews TorontoJune 11, 2025Television and Video

Baaa-ck at It: Eco-Friendly Goats Return to Toronto to Battle Invasive Plants

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Global NewsJune 11, 2025Television and Video

Grazing Goats Provide Low-Tech Solution to Toronto Park's Invasive Plant Problem

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Toronto LifeJune 11, 2025Articles and Profiles

The City Just Hired 50 Goats to Combat Invasive Plants. We Have Questions

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City of TorontoJune 10, 2025Municipal Recognition

An Eco-Herd of Goats Are Grazing for Two Days at Don Valley Brick Works Park

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Newstalk 1010, The Deb Hutton ShowJune 10, 2025Radio and Audio

Toronto Is Getting a Herd of Goats to Do a Job

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City of MississaugaMay 22, 2025Municipal Recognition

Invasive Species Awareness Fair Highlights Why Mississauga Is One of the G.O.A.T.s in Restoration

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Post CityMay 6, 2025Articles and Profiles

You Can See Dozens of Goats at Brick Works Next Month Grazing in the Urban Meadow

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Toronto StarJune 10, 2025Television and Video

Meet Toronto's Four-Legged Contract Workers

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2024

City of MississaugaAugust 20, 2024Television and Video

O'Connor Park Before and After Grazing

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The Weather NetworkJuly 28, 2024Television and Video

Municipalities Turn to Goats for Invasive Plant Management

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City of MississaugaJuly 24, 2024Television and Video

Goats Help Restore a Sensitive Wetland

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City of MississaugaJuly 19, 2024Official Project Pages

You Herd It Here First: Grazing Goats Help Restore Mississauga's Wetland

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Global NewsJune 25, 2024Articles and Profiles

They Will Eat Everything: Toronto Enlists Goat Herd to Tackle Invasive Species

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Small Farm CanadaJune 25, 2024Articles and Profiles

Goats Aid Urban Meadow Management in Toronto

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Global NewsJune 24, 2024Television and Video

Toronto Goes to the Goats at Brick Works Park

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City of TorontoJune 24, 2024Municipal Recognition

City of Toronto Launches Eco-Herd of Goats for Urban Grazing Pilot

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CityNews TorontoJune 21, 2024Television and Video

Eco-Herd of Goats to Be Deployed at Toronto Park as Part of Pilot Project

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Toronto Field NaturalistsJune 12, 2024Articles and Profiles

Don Valley Brick Works Prescribed Grazer Pilot Project

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Media Inquiries

MEDIA INQUIRIES

Are you covering prescribed grazing, invasive-species management, urban conservation, animal care, or the story behind Goats in the City?

Ian Matthews and the Eco-Herd are available for interviews, project features, photography, and selected filming opportunities.

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